Sleeping garment with attached shaped feet



Aug. 5, 1952 s. M. KEPHART SLEEPING GARMENT WITH ATTACHED Sl -IAPED FEET Filed Feb. 14. 1949 Patented Aug. 5, 1952 SHAPED FEET Samuel M. Kephart, Roanoke, Va", a'ssigno'r m1 Puritan Mills, IncL, a corporation of Virginia: 3

Application February 14, 1949, Serial No. j I

' 3 Claims.

This invention relates to a sleeping garment of the bifurcated type, either in one piece (union) style or'the equivalent two piece style with the nether and upper parts detachably fastened and having attached shaped feet. Such garments are generally full in the legs and foot portions to permit easy donning of the garment and in the interest of bed comfort.

In the conventional garment of this type the childs feet readily slip out of thefoot portion during sleeping, sothat the vacant foot portions become folded over the occupied leg portions or twist relative thereto,'closing the lower ends of the leg portions whereby whenthe child stretches, the feet are uncomfortably cramped. Furthermore, when the child gets out of bed,'he walks on the leg portions, the vacant foot portions dragging, resulting in soiling theleg pertions and creating the hazard of tripping.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a garment of the type described having the passage between the leg and foot'portions amply adequate to admit the foot, and,

having restricting means about the ankle effective to retain the foot within'the foot portion without .constricting the ankle of the wearer.

Another object of the inventionis to provide a garment as described, with surplus, length'in the legs to provide for growth, the .fullness incident to the extra length blousing over the restricted angle zone.

' Other objects of the invention will appear as the following description of several practical embodiments thereof proceeds; 1 Y 1 In the drawings which accompany ,the following specification: g 1

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sleeping garment embodying the principles of the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the leg and foot portions of Figure l, partly in section;

Figure 3 is a side elevation showing a modification of the invention;

Figures 4, 5 and 6 are similarviews, partly in section showing alternative restricting means.

Referring now in detail to Figures 1, and 2, the numeral l represents a sleeping garment having shaped foot portions 2, attached to the ends of the leg portionsS. The foot portion,

as shown, is formed of four parts, two front of the frontand heelpieces 3,"! and i; The sole piece may be of 'double thickness'lif desired, as

shown at 8 in Figur'ef'Z, in which 'case the outer layer may be of wear resisting and preferably slick materialsothatitwill'notcollectdirtl The construction ofthe foot portions is subto the axis of the-leg portion 9, so that when" the foot is thrust downward there is no component of force tending to" p'ushthe toes into cramped position in the front end of' thefoot back edges of the front pieces forming seams 6,

preferably perpendicular tothe plane of the sole, and the sole piece I stitched to the lower edges portion; 1

The seams 6 of the footportion preferably coincide with the side seams l0 of 'the'leg portions.

Itxwill be noted in Figures L and 2 that the partofthe leg portion forward of the side seams I0 is somewhat longer than the "rearward part of the leg portion, the end edges of the respec-' tive portions being shown at' H and [2, in Figure 2. Both parts of the leg portion are. full down to the edges H and I2. Thefoot portion is stepped in height complementary to the leg portion, that is, the" front of the 'foot portion is shorter than the rearward" part of the foot por-' tion. The foot portion'is stitched to the leg portion substantially along the edges II and I2, the fullness of the leg portion extending lower at the frontthan at the rear; A reinforcing band l3 is provided, which is'f wide enough to embrace the circumferential zonedefined by the edges H and I2. This band is stitched both at its upper and lower edgestoboth the leg and foot portion as :fai 'jforwar'das the side seams HI, and anterior "to said side seams it extends in' the form of free tabs I land l5. These may bebuttoned together or otherwise secured, and are of such lengthwhen fastenedas to constrictively embrace the gathers of the front part of the leg portion which they overlie. The circumference defined by the band l3 when the tabs are secured together, defines an ankle opening in the garmentfwhich is larger than the child's ankle, so as to avoid any constriction of the ankle, butsmall enough 'to prevent the foot from escaping from the foot'portion.

' 'The advantage of having the fullness ofthe leg extend lower at the front than at the back is that e, larger passage; is thereby provided for the entrance of, the footinto the'foot portion when the'tabsare unsecured; 

